Ten Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1950s The Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick - Ed had always been a practical man, when he saw something was wrong he tried to correct it. Then one day he saw it hanging in the town square. The Water Eater by Winston Marks - Most experiments were dropped because they failed, some because they worked too well! Death Star by James McKimmy Jr. - For twenty long years Hurtz dreamed of retirement and found his "acre of heaven" on a Death Star. The Mind Digger by Winston Marks - There was a reason why his scripts were smash hits--they had realism. The Martians and The Coys written by Mack Reynolds - Lem didn't like guarding the still while Paw and the boys went feuding. He wanted to get a shot at some Martins too! Breeder Reaction by Winston Marks - The remarkable thing about Atummyc Afterbath Dusting Powder was that it gave you that lovely radiant atomic look. It also gave you a little something more! Planet of Dreams by James McKimmy Jr. - The climate was perfect, the sky was always blue, and--best of all--nobody had to work. What more could anyone want? And All The Girls Were Nude by Richard Magruder - Nathanial Evergood was an eccentric old man with a photographic passion for pretty girls! Never Gut-Shoot A Wampus by Winston Marks - An interstellar hunting trip with Major Daphne could teach a man a number of lessons. Like Never Gut-shoot A Wampus! Three Spacemen Left To Die by Russ Winterbotham - Disease contaminated their ship; any moment one of them might become infected and spray lethal sparks to the others.